BUSINESS Fenech seeks to boost the fortunes of Damon...

March 04, 2006

BUSINESSFenech seeks to boost the fortunes of Damon Bill Fenech was lucky when he helped start Keystone RV -- he got to build a company from the ground up. Now in his second year as president and chief operating officer of Damon Motor Coach in Elkhart, he's got a harder mission. Instead of building a company, he has to change one. C10LOCALNew deal possible for Silver Hawks A new deal may be in the works for the South Bend Silver Hawks. Negotiations that could result in a new buyer for the Class A Midwest League team, now owned by Alan Levin and Palisades Baseball, are under consideration, according to Levin, who said Friday that he expects to make an announcement by the middle of next week. B1Homeless count taken with agencies' help More than 50 local agencies participated in a 24-hour count earlier this year of homeless people in St. Joseph County. Now the numbers have been added up: The count found 560 people living in shelters and 93 homeless people who weren't living in a shelter. That's similar to last year's count, where there were 523 in shelters and 100 out of shelters, said the project's coordinator, Beth Morlock, who directs residential programs at Hope Rescue Mission in South Bend. B1Jury awards $550,000 over lost eyesight A federal court jury surprised Robert Miller Sr. and his lawyer with a larger verdict than they expected. The jury awarded Miller, $550,000 from Sevylor Inc., a manufacturer of tubes or flotation rings used at water parks, to compensate the 85-year-old South Bend attorney for loss of sight in his left eye. Miller slipped in the pool of a Jamaican resort water park while vacationing in March 2003 and was struck in the eye by a flotation tube handle. B1